Georgia Tech’s new Micro-Needle Patch vaccinates patients, doesn’t require refrigeration or trained administrators, and is completely painless.
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The QWERTY keyboard we use today have been around since 1873, and Industrial designer and user interface specialist, Corey Stone, doesn’t think that’s up to snuff.
Behold the HERO Keyboard, a UI that claims to save you 3 feet of thumb movement per tweet. That’s some serious thumb real estate.
Faster, more efficient, definitely more interesting. Check it out herokeyboard.com and pick it up for your iPhone quick-smart.
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Those bulky USB sticks you’ve been lugging around for the past decade have a pretty tough contender entering the ring.
Set to bring data storage into the user friendly future, these Graphene based sticky notes store as much data as your average USB.
By attaching an ODTS strip to a computer, one can simply stick on their notes to gain access to their files.
Check out the full story over at Yankodesign.com
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If you haven’t seen it yet, check out this incredible door from Austrian artist Klemens Torggler. Without the use of tracks, this door shifts from side to side by folding with the aid of momentum.
Full story over at DesignBoom.com.
Images Courtesy Designboom, 2014
Keep an eye out in 2015, McLaren is set to introduce a pretty cool upgrade to their line. Inspired by fighter jet technology, the car manufacturer purportedly intends to include electronic ‘force fields’ on their windscreens that will effectively repel rain and insects, doing away with your old squeaky friend, the windscreen wiper.
Information is limited on the tech for now, with McLaren keeping things tightly under raps in the meantime, though sources are saying that the technology could cost as little as £10.
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Kickstarter has shown us once again that there is always money for fun, inexpensive products. $744,142 to be exact.
The project, started by Industrial Designer Shai Goitein of New York, has raised far more than its intended $50,000 goal. With over 13,000 backers hoping to get their hands on the simple product – an iPhone controlled paper aeroplane.
Over fifty prototypes culminated in the PowerUp 3.0 motor and accompanying phone application that can be used with any paper plane design you can think of.
Tilting the iPhone employs the built in accelerometer and allows users to feel their way through the air. It’s fun, it’s simple, and it allows virtually anyone to become a miniature pilot for the day.
We’ve posted about a few Kickstarter projects in our time, but this one seems to embody the developing spirit of the fundraising site. Simple ideas produced by well meaning creatives that allow them to bring joy to the multitudes, in this one has been an outright success.
Images courtesy of Kickstarter.com, 2013
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EOS and 3D Micromac have joined forces to create 3D Microprint , a company focussed on producing components for ever shrinking mechanical products.
The company is planning ahead for the next phase of nanotechnology, taking the role of parts engineer/supplier, rather than focussing on end products.
These unbelievably small components are made from metal, 3d printed and laser engraved to step in where traditional manufacturing processes fall short.
No, that is not a giant keyboard.
3D Microprint have even successfully create tiny assemblies successfully, like the chain seen above, smaller than a penny. Employing Micro Laser Sintering (MLS) has allowed this company to push the realm of nano design as demand is set to sharply increase for parts.
Images Courtesy designboom.com, 2013.
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MIT PhD student and famed Arduino prototyper David Mellis has developed an affordable DIY mobile phone for all you tinkerers out there. Consisting of a simple Arduino board and laser cut timber, it’s a hobbyists’ dream.
The programming is available for free online, and although this little pup can’t stand up to the power of your every day smartphone, it can make calls, receive and send text messages, and event set an alarm.
Check out the full story over at Designboom.com.
Images property of Designboom.com, 2013
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We’ve all been there. You’re device runs out of battery power at a pivotal moment. You rush to that cupboard where you keep all the miscellaneous items of any household. Scissors, paddle pop sticks, string, rubber bands, and of course, batteries. You desperately search for a new 9 volt only to find you’ve depleted your stockpiles and have only left yourself a meagre triple A.
How could this tiny, wimpy excuse for a battery ever help you out of the jam you’ve liberally smeared all over your life.
Oh ye of little faith. Behold Trans X. While it might sound like an extreme sports T.V. show for those who enjoy wearing the other genders’ clothes, it’s actually the solution to literally every problem you have right now…possibly.
A simple recycled cardboard and copper component converts any smaller battery into a useable larger one. Although a single triple A won’t last as long as a regular 9 Volt battery when scaled up, it’ll still be enough to let you get a bit more use out of your depleted devices.
The premise is simple. Pick the battery wrap size you need, fold it around the batter you have, and slip it into your device. The Trans X provides a simple and elegant, and cheap solution to a long running problem.
Designers: Chen Yi-An & Chen Yi-Ying
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